Michel Legrand and Natalie Dessay at London Palladium.
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Her 2013 release, Entre elle et lui, was a duo project with veteran French film composer and jazz pianist Michel Legrand. In 2017, Dessay released Pictures of America, her first English-language album, featuring a program of selections from the Great American Songbook.
Legendary French singer, songwriter, composer, arranger,. The CD “Natalie Dessay Sings Michel Legrand” which was released in October 2013 has been certified gold, with sales of 50,000 in France and was followed by a spectacular world tour for three years.
For those of us who, unfortunately, aren't (yet) fluent in French, Legrand's patter between numbers and the song lyrics will go right past. But music is an international language, and Legrand's melodies communicate like no other.
Dessay was born the year after the premiere of Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and she says singing with Michel Legrand makes her feel like she is six years old all over again. As a child she dreamed of being a star like Catherine Deneuve.
Natalie Dessay is a regular collaborator with Michel Legrand and together they have performed all over the world. She is also a committed recital singer, frequently performing French melodies and German Lieder with Laurent Naouri, Maciej Pikulski or Philippe Cassard.
Accompanied by Michel Legrand’s big-band, Natalie Dessay, Michel Portal, Ibrahim Maalouf, Bireli Lagrene, Sylvain Luc, Nana Mouskouri, Marie Under the artistic direction of Richard Galliano, the greatest artists of Jazz and Song will gather on stage to celebrate in music the memory of the composer.